Tuesday’s stunner was the latest recent election in which Democratic candidates exceeded the party’s past performance among key voting groups. Democratic leaders believe the victories represent a growing backlash against President Trump — and a potential building wave for 2018. Meanwhile, Republicans see dimmer hopes for retaining power.

The administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. Embassy there has provoked widespread opposition among Christians across the Middle East. As Vice President Pence prepares to visit the region, the White House is facing an awkward backlash from Christians it pledged to protect.

Ireland is a preferred European home for the United States’ top tech and pharmaceutical companies. Irish officials, accountants and highly skilled workers expect American companies to keep investing unabated in Ireland, with little incentive to move back to the U.S.

GOP leaders reached an agreement that would lower the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, two people briefed on the discussions said, part of a compromise on a $1.5 trillion tax plan they hope to vote into law by next week.

One of the president’s most prominent African American supporters resigned under pressure after a confrontation with Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, who had grown frustrated with her abrasive and attention-seeking style.

It is the most expensive American embassy ever built. But designers say the soon-to-be-opened outpost, with its modernist-museum vibe, does something new by exuding openness while hiding the ways it defends itself from attack.